Entries tagged "political memorabilia"

Political memorabilia that's collected today can date from
as far as two thousand years ago, when the Romans inscribed their political votes
on pottery shards called ostracons.

Right now is a perfect time to start collecting political
memorabilia from the upcoming elections. You never know the next politician that
will make such impact on the world that the buttons, photos, and campaign signs
used during the campaigns become part of our American history, and become
valuable commodities. It’s all history in the making, and there will more than
likely be future collectors who will pay big money to own it...

It didn’t surprise me when I walked into a computer coding class and I was one of only three girls in a crowd of boys. But it didn’t bother me at all; I was only concerned with trying to soak up as much information as I could in a week-long summer camp. It seems insane that a rising high school juni…

In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, a Kentucky-based nonprofit that provides free music education to 7 to 14-year-olds children shared a video of the Louisville Leopard Percussionists performing a medley of Led Zeppelin tunes.

A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Justice Department investigation has found patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and at the municipal jail and court.

Richard Price’s new book, “The Whites,” centers around the criminals who get away and the police who get obsessed with catching them. Price, who has written eight novels and for the TV show “The Wire,” talks with Jeffrey Brown about using the crime investigation as the structure of a book, and why h…

Thirty-five years after the Iran hostage crisis, ill will between the U.S. and Iran still hovers over the two countries' nuclear negotiations. Last year, The NewsHour's William Brangham was able to take a rare look inside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran where 52 Americans were held for 14 months.

A special guest from THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW is with us starting at noon ET today on Twitter answering your questions about the season finale and more! Please welcome Nancy (@nancybbakes) and ask her your burning baking questions using hashtag #PBSbakingshow.

In a violent rampage through a museum in Mosul, Islamic State militants knocked statues to the floor, using sledgehammers and even a jackhammer to reduce ancient artifacts and some replicas -- representing idols that past cultures worshipped -- to rubble. Bernard Haykel of Princeton University and M…

The winner of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW will be joining us on Twitter TODAY at 12 p.m. ET to talk about this season’s triumphs and follies. Ask star baker Nancy (@nancybbakes) questions using hashtag #PBSbakingshow.

As we get closer to tonight's season finale of Downton Abbey on MASTERPIECE | PBS (Masterpiece Theatre), we'd like to know -- do you have any traditions for watching Downton Abbey, or what will you be doing special tonight?

The Downton Abbey Season 5 finale was filmed at castle used for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films. Check out 5 more Downton Abbey/Harry Potter connections fans need to know before the Season 5 finale, airing Sunday, March 1, 2015 on MASTERPIECE on PBS! #DowntonPBS

The Fans Speak -- What's Next for Downton Abbey Characters?Just in time for the season finale tonight, MASTERPIECE | PBS (Masterpiece Theatre) asked Facebook fans to weigh in on what's next for some of the most talked about characters. Here's what they said:

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has won the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual presidential preference straw poll. Pollsters announced Saturday afternoon that Paul won 26 percent of the votes in the annual survey, giving Paul his third consecutive win in as many years.